Machinery for use in making wire-bound boxes.



PATENTED FEB. 11, 1908 J. MILLER. MACHINERY FOR Us IN MAKING WIRE BOUND 30x2 5 SHEETS-SHEET l.

APPLIUATION IIL EI) MAY 31,1907.

m; 878,737. PATENTEDIEB. 11, 1908.

J. J. MILLER.

MACHINERY FOR UMEZHLLST MAKING WIRE BOUND BOXES.

. APPLICATIQiMI-Lm MAY 31, 1907.

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I U f No. 878,737. 'IPATBNTEDIFEB. 11, 1908.

, I J. J. MILLER.

MACHINERY 501% USE IN MAKING WIRE BOUND BOXES;

APPLICATION mum MAY 31 1907.

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No. 878,787. PATBNT'ED P331117 fi fifl J. J. MILLER.

Y FOR USE IN MAKING WIRE BOUND BOXES.

MAGHINBR APPLICATION FILED MAY 31,1907.

PATENTED FEB. 11, 1908,

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APPLICATION FILED MAY 31.1907.

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JULIU's I. MILLER,'OF'ST. JOsEPHQMIoHIGAN, asszeivoa T WILLIAM'P; BEA-"LY, or CHICAGO I ILLINOIB A a .nicmmmv roa pan Be it known that I, JULIUs'J. MrLLn'a, a citizen of the United States of America, and Joseph, -Berrien county. Michigan, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Machinery for Use 'in Making Wire-Bound-Boxes; of which the following is a specification;

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' to a strai%ht line of My invention relates to machinery for use in making wire-bound and cleat reinforeed more particularly tothe mamaking It relates The principal object ofmy inventionis the provision of an im roved construction; by .Whic'hthe portable o'rmers or work-holders of a box-blank machine ofthis kind are held travel through the ma out the necessity of rovidingon the table of the machine.

It is also anobject of my invention to prov-ide [tn-[improved box-blank machine in volving certain novel features'and combine tions tending. to increase the general eitis,

chine wit ciencyoi a machine of this particular'- 'charf my invention consists 1 the operativearts in'suitablyelevatedp ported between I -of pinions for'o crating acter. To the foregoingv and other useful jends, in matters hereinaftevj s'et'forth andclaimed;. inf- 'i In'the aco'mpanying'drawin s=Fig1ire,1 is a side elevation ofabox-b arl lr machine my invention;

Specification of Letters infant. 'K'ppllnatlon filed Hay 31.1907. Burial in. 876488.

he blanks from which embodying the p ineiples-"ofi Fig. ,2 is a per pectivepf the'box-blank. Fig/3 is an end elevation-of the machine Fig.4.isa section online.

view on line .5--5'in 'g." 4.: Fig.. .6 IS an en larged perspective ofthe portable former or work-holder employed" insaid-mwhine. .Fig. 7 is an enlarge "fietail seetion on line 7-.7

Figs 8 and 9 in Fig.5. shovvl different. forms osi .B ispositim'ied and sup;- the upn'ghtyside (members; .Work .;,A stationary tions. A tabe crosshead C 18 positioned apdsiipported between thesaidside members, an a movable cross head .I)

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1 'ions,'a:nd hold the, former-"'or work- 0 iigaifist -latera1 displacement b slides'up'anddown to operate the staplers E, the movable cross head being im ma Feb. 11', mos;

above the stationa head Dis operated f-f which latterhave their nppenends pivoted upon the o posite ends of said cross aa'd. A. vertical y reciprocating eienohblock G stapler and operated by the cam g on the shaft F, as shown. The feed shaft H is dis posed above the table in advance of the staples, and provided with, feedpinions h an a'ratohet wheel h Referringto Fig: 3.; 1t willbe seen that the said ratchetiwheetis actuated by'a dog hplate h on the shaft rangement can be employed for drivingr'the shaft/F to operate the' stapiers and the feed shaft. It will be understood that the feed is timed relatively to the reciprocation of'the Staplers, whichv latter-cube; of any suimb m character.

, Referringto Fig. 6, ihwili -lie seen that the portable former or: wnrk hplder t posed of-twg arallel chiinnel; members i' d} each rovide -vvith miterk'bldeks t ter"spao ing t ecleatsof The said; channel "mom v bross head. The dress y a shaft F through the; medluin of an eccentric f-f and pinned t at d m crank Any suitable air- 4 is com the "blank apart endwise. bers' are-connacted by,

is positioned below the midilie cross barsa't it, and: each Y provided with a; rack it, thelatter'bemg. beveled toengagep the bevel pi'nio'ns hvh.

work-holder is flat on the-bottom and. adapts ed to slidezinastep by-step manner across Q the table of themachine, carryin the cleats below the two outside, staplers. v movement of the former or work-holder thr'oughgthe machine a? former or 'svoi ie holde ri'is held down egn against lateral dis-- pla'e'em'ent by the pihions It, .thus making; .guide ways unnecessary.

In- Fig; .8 the feed pin'ions J haveffianges j {which prevent lateralv displacement of the former or work-holder.-

InFig'. 9 the pinions" Kare ordina pinder uring the The said former or.

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tion disclosed herein, it will be seen that the Wires serve also to secure the cleats to the under surface of the veneering or other sheet In all of the different forms of my inven former or work-holder is provided with. means for engaging the pinions to preventlateral displacement of the said former or workholder. It will also be seen, as previously explained, that in each case suitable provi sion is made by which the feed mechanism comprising the feed pinion or pinions is operated to both feed the former or work-holder forward and hold the same to a straight line 1 of travel. l As shown, the work-holder is heldby' the pinions against displacement upwardly as well as sidewise or laterally.

What I claim as my invention is: 1. A box-blank machine comprising a flat table, a portable former or work holder adapted to slide across said table, feed pin ions adapted to operate and hold the said former or work-holder to a straight line of travel, and means for operating-said pinions.

.2, A box-blank machine comprising a table, a portable former or work-holder adapt ed to slide across said table, a pair of pinions disposed above the table and bearing down on the former or work-holder to feed the latter forward, and means for operating said pmlons;

3. A box blank machine comprising a traveling former or work.- holder, pinions :bearing down on said former or work-holder to feed the same forward, and means for operating said pinions. I

4. A box blank machine comprising al former or work-holder provided with means for spacing the cleats apart endwise, pinio'ns i 'engaging'the former or-work-holder to feed I 1 .the same and revent upward and sidewise i displacement t iereof, and means for operate ing said pinions, said work-holder being pro- Signed by me the pinions to vided with means for engaging 1 f isp acement o prevent upward and lateral the work-holder. I

5. A machine for makin wire-bound and wire-bound and sidewise and upward'displacement, and instrumentalities for supplying the binding wires and securing the same to the cleats and veneering of each Bblank.

7. In a box blank machine constructed to operate without guides for the former or work-holder, a suitable feed mechanism, a

former or work-holder o erated thereblyq suitable provision by whic l the feed mec anism serves also for holding .the former or Work-holder to a straight line of travel, and

instrumentalities for supplying the binding wires and securing the same to the cleats and veneering of each blank.

8. Ina machine of the class specified, a table, a traveling work-holder movable across said table, Wheels dis ing down on said wor (holder to engage an move the same forward, and means for operating said wheels:

at St. Joseph, Mich. this 25th day of May 1907.- Y JULIUS J. MILLER.

, Witnesses:

MArTnrAs WEBER, A. GANAVAN.

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